*Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick says he cried like a baby during his first two weeks in prison after being convicted on dog fighting charges.
Vick was the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL draft and he last played in the league in 2015. He was in the prime of his career when he pleaded guilty to his involvement in illegal dogfighting in 2007 and spent nearly two years in prison.
Vick was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the first pick of the 2001 draft and played with the team for six seasons. After his prison stint, he returned in 2009 with the Philadelphia Eagles for five seasons and earned the ‘Comeback Player of the Year’ award in 2010. He later served as a backup for the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers. Vick officially retired in 2017 after 13 NFL seasons.
Speaking to “Club Shay Shay” host, Shannon Sharpe in a new interview, Vick spoke about his time behind bars and admitted that not only was he on suicide watch, but he cried for two weeks straight.
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“After day four or five, when I realized it wasn’t nobody [coming to bail me out], that’s when I had to let the tears come out,” Vick recalled.
“Did you ever cry?” Asked Shannon.
“I cried for two weeks straight, my wife will tell you, I cried for two weeks straight,” Vick recalled. “I really cried after I got sentenced ’cause I went into my sentence not expecting to get two years.”
Watch Vick recall the moment at the 36:21 mark via the YouTube video below.
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